The Middle Way - Faerun EA [Need Replacement]

[Hellboy]

For whoever is reading this this evening, I'd like a sanity check on the following two edits to the Faerun map. I've been looking at this yesterday, and I've been bothered by the relatively large number of sea provinces completely closed off by land (mostly in the NE), therefore:

1) I'd like to connect all sea provinces to the nearest (or most sensible) body of water. Usually this will follow along a river line visible on the map.

2) Also, I'd like to connect province 106 and 137. This will connect the two major sets of sea provinces in the game, which I think will make the interaction between the two water players more interesting (and between water and land players, for that matter).

If anyone sees any reason not to make these two edits, let me know now!

[Sir_Dr_D]

Yeah sounds like a good idea. I say go for it. You can connect some of the sea provinces, but leave others closed off. Lakes in the middle of land not connected to anything can have interesting chalenges with them as well.

[Sandman]

I can understand the rationale for linking up the sea provinces, but bear in mind that the sea nations already have very high mobility on this map. I'd leave at least some provinces as lakes.

[Meglobob]

As a water nation, I say yea...YEA.

[Dedas]

As a non water nation, I say... stay away from my swimming lakes you icky abominations of nature!

[Tyrant]

Hmm, i don't like that idea one little bit, water nations already have a big advantage, besides, what's wrong with multiple seas?

[Xox]

Yeah, the seas and lakes should be seperate, makes for interesting strategy and some possibility of non water nations having some lakes or bits of ocean.

Also in maps with more than one ocean it allows for the water nations to sometimes have separate areas and not neccesarilty be in close ocmpetition in the begginning for the same set of provinces.

[Hellboy]

Sorry I've been wanting to get this thing on the road since last night, but I've been locked out of the forum all day today (has anyone else seen this bizarre behaviour? - the web page just shows a bunch of sql errors...)

Anyhow, we've been waiting for more than a day now on:

Sauromatia - imororg


I'll PM him just after writing this post, but if we don't hear back from him before tonight is out, I'll be happy to fill w/ someone out of our reserve list (or just about any player who can get his turns in, for that matter).

Come hell or high water I would really like to see this show on the road by tomorrow morning, PST.

- Terrel